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To make a loop of it, I went back down to Green Boulder, and thought I’d descend Treasure Loop Trail, and then get back to where I started by going across on Jacob’s Crosscut Trail. I wasn’t sure how long it would be, but it ended up being rather short and very easy. Because of how wide open the area beneath the cliffs is, and how many people were on the trails, I could see all the trails on the park map, other than Siphon Draw. They are good trails if you have children or pets with you, but for me, they were a little dull.

Making it back to the trailhead that I had started on, I wanted to extend my hike. I started heading down the dreaded Siphon Draw Trail. I had no intention of going up to The Flatiron again (ever?), but I saw a trail on the satellite map that cut from shortly before the Thumb to Prospector’s View Trail. Sure enough, it was a real trail, not maintained, but definitely not beating through the brush. There were a few chasms that it went through that were rather steep.

The rock outcropping photos need some context. They were actually quite large, 50 feet or more I’d guess.